1. Defendants employed Plaintiff at Defendants' Redwood City grocery store between March 2007 and October 2007.

2. Plaintiff's employment at Defendants' market ended in early October 2007.

3. Plaintiff subsequently filed a complaint in this Court alleging that Defendants failed to pay Plaintiff overtime wages owed to Plaintiff by Defendants. Plaintiff's complaint seeks payment of overtime wages owed under applicable state and federal laws, along with associated penalties, interest, fees and costs.

4. Defendants deny that Defendants owe Plaintiff any overtime wages, alleging that Plaintiff was a salaried employee and thus exempt under applicable state and federal laws from payment of overtime wages.

5. Counsel for Plaintiff and counsel for Defendants have met and conferred regarding possible ADR procedures. On behalf of their clients, they have agreed, subject to the Court's approval, to (a) submit this dispute to private mediation before the Hon. Laurence D. Kay (Ret.) of ADR Services, Inc., in San Francisco, California, on or before May 16, 2008, and (b) postpone to Friday, May 23, 2008 the Initial Case Management Conference in this matter that is currently scheduled for March 28, 2008.

WHEREFORE, Plaintiff and Defendants respectfully request that the Court --

1. Postpone to Friday, May 23, 2008, the Initial Case Management Conference in this matter that is currently scheduled for March 28, 2008.

2. Order the parties to submit this dispute to private mediation before the Hon. Laurence D. Kay (Ret.) of ADR Services, Inc., in San Francisco, California, on or before May 16, 2008.

3. Make such further orders that it deems proper.

Dated: 03/24/2008

WILLIAM F. DEVINE, Jr., Attorney for Defendants

(PROPOSED) ORDER

PURSUANT TO THE STIPULATION set forth above, the Court orders that -

1. The Initial Case Management Conference in the captioned matter, currently scheduled for March 28, 2008, is hereby postponed to Friday, May 23, 2008.

2. The parties shall submit the dispute in the captioned matter to private mediation before the Hon. Laurence D. Kay (Ret.) of ADR Services, Inc., in San Francisco, California, on or before May 16, 2008.

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